USNS Mercy Hospital Ship Arrives At LA Harbor Amid COVID-19

The USNS Mercy Hospital Ship Docks at Port of Los Angeles, CA on March 27, 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. USNS Mercy is a Military Sealift Command hospital ship with 1000 hopital beds, state-of-the-art equipment, and top-notch medical staff. The deployment of Mercy at this time is designed to provide a “relief valve“ to make beds available for an overflow of Los Angeles area hospitals, in the event those hospitals cannot handle the crush of Coronavirus cases that may be expected in the coming days and wee